At Christmas, we celebrate the new beginnings and healthier tomorrows created this year. Your support and friendship help light the way to health and wellness for individuals, families and communities in Ohio and South Carolina. [More]

Sister Judith Ann Karam, CSA recently penned the following reflection about Pope Francis and his visit to the United States, which was published in the December 15 issue of Catholic Health World. Sister Judith Ann attended the Pope’s visit at the White House as part of her role as board chair of the Catholic Health Association of the United States. Sister Judith Ann is also congregational leader of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine and chair of the public juridic person of the Sisters of Charity Health System. [More]

Today marks the start of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. When announcing the Jubilee in April, Pope Francis said, "The Holy Year must keep alive the desire to know how to welcome the numerous signs of the tenderness which God offers to the whole world and, above all, to those who suffer, who are alone and abandoned, without hope of being pardoned or feeling the Father's love." [More]

Robert T. Spangler, M.D., a general surgeon recently retired from Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio, has been elected chairman of the board of directors of the Sisters of Charity Health System (SCHS), one of several leading Catholic health care systems in the country. Dr. Spangler has served on the board since 2011 and is a member of the public juridic person that provides oversight of the system’s Catholic identity. Dr. Spangler succeeds Roger Mann, who served as board chair for the past three years. [More]

University Hospitals (UH) and the Sisters of Charity Health System (SCHS) have satisfied all the requirements from the state government regulators to complete the process of full integration of St. John Medical Center into the UH health system. [More]

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